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- │ │ ▒ ▒ │ new features in the version 2.3 08/07/95 │
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- + superior instrument-system:
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- + features:
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- + 255 instruments
- + 16 samples per instrument out of 255
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- + for EACH sample in one instrument:
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- + volume and panning
- + one 15-point volume-envelope out of 64
- + one 15-point panning-envelope out of 64
- + volume-fadout
- + auto-vibrato
- + volume, panning and the envelopes can be switched on/off for every
- sample in an instrument
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- + powerfull instrument- and envelope-editor
- + new instrument display-mode
- + now loads PAT-files (gus-patches) and XI-files (fasttracker 2)
- as instruments
- + testing samples AND instruments from disk is possible
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- + new keyboard-system:
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- + simultaneous sound-producing
- + keyrelease-note recording
- + real synthesizer-feeling!
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- + changes in the clear-, printer- and config-menu
- + changes in the 'MDL'-format (new format version)
- + new instrument-format: 'IST'
- + [most] XM-files will be loaded correctly now!
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- + rewritten xm export-routine:
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- + now writes the correct length-declaration in the instrument-headers:
- some players won't crash down anymore, when loading exported digitrakker
- xm-files
- + doesn't left out "00"-arpeggios
- + converts "00"-volumeslides correctly
- + contains all features of the new instrument-system!
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- + new songlist-displaymode: for a perfect overview of your whole song
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- + little doc-file included
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- + fast program-part switch with ALT+F5-F12: switches between pattern-editor,
- diskmenu, sample-editor and all other program-parts!
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- + the pattern-window and the pan-positions will not be updated in the sound-
- interrupt anymore: this caused soundclicks and some other rubbish on slow
- machines (hi lard!). I hope, that these days are over now!
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- + improved and debugged tracker...:
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- + 16 bit samples will be crunched, too!
- + overwrite-warning when saving existing files
- + mastervolume in the config-menu
- + possible to convert 16 bit samples to 8 bit and vice versa (when changing
- the sample-type)
- + samples can be saved as signed-raw files
- + better multiple channel-switching
- + "make dir"-function now with a request-window
- + cutted notes (with the ECx-command) will continue, when turning on the
- volume again
- + Ctrl+E switches fullscreen-mode on/off in the pattern-editor
- + a bug: the E8x-command doesn't tilt the tracker any more (thanx to THE
- LORD for this hint!)
- + a 2nd bug: polychannels will be updated, when switching them in the
- pattern-editor with ALT+N or ALT+R in the 6- or 8-channel-display
- + more bugs...
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- │ │ ▒ ▒ │ new features in the version 2.2 beta 03/06/95 │
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- + PTM-Support: Loads the new Polytracker-moduleformat (version 3.2);
- Digitrakker is the only released program, which plays polytracker-songs!
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- + extended program-configuration:
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- + "USER I"- and "USER II"-directory is now definable in the config-menu
- + you can choose two different fonts for the tracker-desktop
- + more predefined colours, six palettes are userdefined
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- + effect-line swap-function in the pattern-editor (ALT+V)
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- + several small improvements (explore them...)
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- + killed bugs...
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- + no crash, when editing the sample-volume
- + no crash after using the hotkeys in the online-help-window
- + more bugs...
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- *****************************************************************************
- * Digitrakker 2.2 is only a beta-version and was released in a *
- * crash-action! The next real version will contain the *
- * finished instrument-editor after all and some more fine things.... *
- *****************************************************************************
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- │ │ ▒ ▒ │ new features in the version 2.1 28/03/95 │
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- + XM-Export: Digitrakker saves MoDuLes as XM-sounds, too!
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- + IFF-Support: Samples can be loaded and saved in the IFF-format.
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- + complete new diskmenu (greater directory-window, full song-/samplenames
- will be displayed, different directory-sort-criterions [filenames, length,
- date] and much more...)
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- + new "test sample"-function: plays samples from disk without loading them
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- + the sampleeditor has been extended:
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- + sample-zooming
- + sample-finetuning (in 1/128 halfnote-steps)
- + volume fadein/fadeout
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- + new clear-menu (as an example you can remove all unused samples!)
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- + effect-parameter modify-function in the pattern-editor (ALT+W)
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- + autosave-option for the program-configuration
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- + new effect-command: mainvolume-slide
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- + some small modifications...
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- + the panning-slide commands: the panposition is beeing increased now after
- every tick (=frame) [not after every noteposition]
- + better gus-autodetection (searches for ULTRASND-variable first)
- + modified song-dump (now prints composer- and pattern-names, too)
- + modified online-help (now with separate chapters)
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- + bugs fixed...
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- + a little bug (no panic! no information are lost!) in the save-routine has
- been removed: now MDLs are even a bit shorter than before!!
- + when saving 16-bit samples to disk (alone or in a module) they will not
- be packed any more with the 8-bit algorithm (which blows them up)
- + no overflow when trying to select more than 256 different patterns
- + loads xm-sounds now with the correct notes
- + doesn't display the program-information when switching between panning-/
- channelname-display in the mainmenu
- + more bugs...
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- │ │ ▒ ▒ ▒ │ digitrakker version 2.0 02/03/95 │
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- + the first released version of digitrakker
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- Start of coding was the 1st of september in 1994. Most parts of the tracker
- were coded while my time in the army (which started in october '94 and will
- finish in september '95!).
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- │ │ ▒ ▒ ▒ │ digital tracker version 1.0 │
- └──│ ▒ ▒ ▒ │───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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- + a four-channel MOD-based tracker with soundblaster-mono support
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- I started to code this at the 1st of februar 1994, one month after
- learning 80x86-assembler (and with 4 years of experience in Z80-assembler
- coding!). It contains the same user-desktop as in today's versions, with
- sample-editor etc. After two month I stopped coding it: It was senseless to
- write a 4 channel music-editor in times of 32 track-modules!
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- This tracker was never released.
-